South County park named in honor of Officer Blake Snyder

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CLAYTON, MO (KPLR) - St. Louis County Executive Steve Stenger signed an order, Tuesday night, officially renaming Clydesdale Park in South County in honor of slain St. Louis County Police Officer Blake Snyder.

"The St. Louis County Park presently known as Clydesdale Park is hereby re-named and hereafter referred to as the Officer Blake C. Snyder Memorial Park" Stenger read at Tuesday's council meeting.

"While it has been a difficult time, it has also been a time when we have seen the very best of St. Louis county residents" Stenger continued.

Residents like south county's Dawn Oppy and Kathy Bosch, who after learning of Officer Snyder's death, started an online petition to have the park re-named in his honor. That petition received more than 6,000 signatures.